Hogan believes the answer lies in changing the Constitution. He convened a Redistricting Reform Commission that made recommendations over the last year. This session, the governor is proposing a constitutional amendment that would put an independent, bipartisan commission in charge of redistricting.

Leaving legislators and governors out of the process would result in “more election districts being based on population, compactness, and natural boundaries, as opposed to politics and partisanship,” Hogan’s office said in a statement. The next redistricting for state and Congressional offices is set to be drawn after the 2020 Census.